A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to be signed between theMinistry of Labour and Social Security through its agency, the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) to assist persons with disabilities who do not have birth certificates, to secure these under the National Identification System (NIDS) project. Executive Director of the JCDP, Dr. Christine...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is appealing for members of the public to cooperate with the officers who are out in the field gathering data for the 2018 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC). The data collection got under way on May 16 and will continue until September 7. Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson, is encouraging householders to accommodate...

Fifty participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme are to benefit from a $6 million donation by the Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation, through its recently formed partnership with the HEART Trust/ National Training Agency (NTA). The cheque was handed over today (June 25) at the training institution’s corporate offices on Oxford Road in Kingston. The...

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad H. Pitkin has called on the residents of Salt Spring, St. James to maintain the peace in the parish, even after the State of Public Emergency. Speaking during the first in a series of Community Enrichment meetings, held at the Salt Spring Seventh Day Adventist Church on June 6, Custos Pitkin urged the residents to commit...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says collaboration between the Government and citizens is necessary to minimise the effects of flooding in the country. Speaking at a special meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on May 24, Mr. McKenzie said the Ministry will, in the next two to three months, embark on a sensitisation campaign to...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Health are partnering with the Nathan Ebanks Foundation (NEF) to host the second annual Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on the grounds of Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Saturday, May 26. Founder of NEF, Christine Staple-Ebanks, told JIS News that the fair, under the theme ‘Healthy...